jbl l880's

[stormslayer]

Folks:

Just got a pair of jbl l880's and I'm wondering if a denon 791 will be enough for them. It's only a stereo system so I'm just driving these two speakers. I do like loud music, though. Room size is 175' or so.

Thanks.
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[tom67]

Wow....175 feet....if the other dimension is that large, you will need a ton of power and more speakers too !

 

[Seth=L]

Wow....175 feet....if the other dimension is that large, you will need a ton of power and more speakers too !

I'm going to assume that's square footage.

The AVR-791 should be fine. Those speakers are pretty efficient. I'm sure it will get plenty loud.

 

[tom67]

Couldnt resist post above.....sorry....a review attached for you....These have an SPL of 91 db which makes them reasonably efficient...they should do fine with any modest amp of 75 watts +. Congrats.....they look like impressive little brutes...sounds like guy testing them at Stereophile actually wept when he had to send them back after test....They should fill a 17.5 foot room nicely...be careful you dont too attached

http://stereophile.com/floorloudspeakers/906jbl/

 

[stormslayer]

Thanks for the info -- and apologies, I meant sq. ft.

 

[stormslayer]

Thanks for all the help folks. Got the speakers and a denon 2310 (on sale for the same price as the 791), and the new setup is deafening and quite nice. I'm no audiophile, but I put it through the paces with a variety of music and movies and I'm very pleased, and based on advice here, I didn't bi-wire, didn't spend cash on expensive speaker cable, and things are good.

The jbl's are great across a range of different inputs.